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Bassoon, C (composite)
Bassoon, C (composite)
Bassoon, C (composite)

Bassoon, C (composite)

Date1784-1822 ca.
Place MadeLondon, England, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedStamped on butt, long, and bell joints: [fleur-de-lis] / J. HALE / LONDON
Stamped on wing joint: W. MILHOUSE / LONDON
Markingsnone
DescriptionMaple. Brass ferrules and keys. 8 touchpieces. Wing joint by Milhouse. Typical older English bassoon style.

Both Hale and Milhouse were actively making instruments in London in the late eighteenth century. The circumstances of how components from these two different makers came together are unknown.
DimensionsOverall length: 1239 mm
Wing joint: 480 mm
Butt joint: 439 mm
Long joint: 490 mm
Bell joint: 310 mm
(excluding tenons)
ProvenanceArne B. Larson Collection, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1979. Played by William H. Bower (Director of the Keokuk, Iowa, Municipal Band, until his retirement in 1946) in a vaudeville act in the eastern United States, when he was a young man.
Credit LineArne B. Larson Collection, 1979
Object number00574
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